Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large group of chemicals. They represent an important concern due to their widespread distribution in the environment, their resistance to biodegradation, their potential to ...

A rotating disk apparatus was used to investigate the biodegradation of PAHs from non-aqueous phase liquids to solutions of Brij 35. The mass transfer of PAHs in absence of surfactant solution was not large enough to ...

In this work, a biofilm-mediated removal of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was proposed. PAHs are toxic and persistent contaminants from petroleum industry, dispersed on water, soils, air and sediments. The removal ...

One of the possible ways of recovering the environmental quality of contaminated soils is the bioremediation process, in which soil pollutants are degraded using microorganisms. In this context, the evaluation of the ...

Indigenous bacteria with the capability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were isolated from polluted sediment samples recovered from Caleta Cordova by using selective enrichment cultures supplemented with ...

Defined mixed cultures consisting of Pseudomonas and actinobacteria strains showed interesting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal values, improving greatly removal efficiency of strains in pure culture. These ...

With the goal of identifying functional biomarkers associated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) biodegradation in chronically-polluted Subantarctic marine sediments, we amplified from environmental metagenomic ...